Timeline for Is "Less than perfect" always used in a sarcastic and negative way?
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| Aug 31, 2021 at 22:14 | answer | added | pete patel | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 27, 2018 at 15:37 | comment | added | Lambie | Sarcasm is expressed by the voice and cannot always be deduced from words alone. | |
| Aug 9, 2012 at 15:30 | vote | accept | narengi | ||
| Aug 9, 2012 at 8:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/233475294181347328 | ||
| Aug 8, 2012 at 23:46 | answer | added | rsegal | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 22:25 | answer | added | Chris | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:52 | answer | added | Robusto | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:48 | comment | added | Robusto | Substitute almost perfect in the second example. The meaning is 180° from what it was with less than perfect. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:46 | history | edited | MetaEd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:33 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
damned Microsoft idiocies
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| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:30 | comment | added | Barrie England | Agreed, and the tone depends entirely on context. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:29 | comment | added | J.R. | Maybe this is a less than perfect comment, but either one of those uses seems fine to me. | |
| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:29 | history | edited | J.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2012 at 19:15 | history | asked | narengi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |